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| The banks’ journey |
| Forty years of nationalization |
| Many almonds were eaten and glasses of soft drinks emptied on Monday last week, when government-owned banks celebrated 40 years of their nationalization. It would have been fitter if the government had instead published a report of what banks had ach... |
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| Wait and watch |
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Sir — It is disheartening to see the state administration following a wait and watch formula with r ... |
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| Without power |
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Sir — I am a 72 year-old man living in Garia on the third-floor of a multi-storied building with an ... |
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| Erratum |
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The picture with Malavika Karlekar’s “Palanquins with a view” (July 26) was that of a 1790 chaise p ... |
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| LOSING AIR |
| Take one, add eleven zeros, and place a rupee sign before them. That is the subsidy Air India is seeking from the government ...|
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| OPEN SECRET |
| The politician-criminal nexus is an old story in India. In the Northeast, the criminals often masquerade as militants. Few in...|
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| For a few good leaders |
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When there isn’t a walkout by the Opposition in Parliament, senior leaders waste time demanding that their security be provid... | Read.. |
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| Dining with the dragon |
| Notwithstanding my rebuttal with facts and figures of the events that I had witnessed, the interviewer persisted with his line of questioning. I found his insistence ... |
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| Mind the gap |
| Last week, when the Rajya Sabha applied its mind to the so-called right to education bill, 2008, only 54 members out of about 250 members were present. What is, ... |
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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
— GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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